Throatbone

by Simon Maddrell

Simon Maddrell was born in Douglas, Isle of Man in 1965 and brought up in Bolton, Lancashire. He lived in London for 20 years and moved to Brighton, UK in 2020. Simon explores existence through the lens of living as a queer Manxman, thriving with HIV. In Throat Bone, Maddrell asks us to consider the way memory, home, history and empire confer to shape our understanding of one another. Poems which at times stretch and contort to subtly lead us back into the way of the personal through anecdote, imagery and acute revelations.

38 pages, Paperback

Published March 29, 2020

About the author

Simon Maddrell is a poet, editor, educator and wellbeing facilitator. He was born on the Isle of Man and now lives in Brighton & Hove.

Since 2019, over 180 of Simon's poems have appeared in twenty-six anthologies and eighty-five publications including & Change, AMBIT, Acumen, Gutter, Lighthouse, Magma, MODRON, Poetry Wales, Propel, SAND Journal, Southword, Stand, The Gay & Lesbian Review, The Moth, The Rialto and Under the Radar.

Simon has a background in development and conservation in Africa's drylands. He founded Sand Dams Worldwide in 2002 and is a world authority on sand dam technology.

Simon is a queer gay man who lives with HIV and autism.